neither is nigger for it to be inherently related it would have to be a direct reference to actions performed or things that existed during slavery or segregation but nigger is just a corruption of the latin word for black if freeman was a pejorative term that would be inherently related we assign the offensive meaning because of its prevalence during times of institutionalized oppression much the same way that blackface is a cultural taboo due to minstrel shows that served to popularize the image of the incompetent negro and set back cultural acceptance another decade even though theres nothing inherently offensive about dressing up as a member of another race